News
11/12/2024
Distance Learning Law & General CE Exams Now Available!
You have until 4:00pm December 31st to complete the exams for credit for the 2023 - 2024 licensing period.
07/02/2024
Certified Celebrant Training
August 6-8, 2024
ONLY 10 SPOTS AVAILABLE \ HOTEL CUTOFF IS JULY 9! Hosted by IFDA, OFDA and FDAofKY
06/07/2024
The annual transition of IFDA leadership
Incoming President Colin Yoder & Immediate Past President Scott Smith
06/05/2024
IFDA FREE Webinar Ends July 3, 2024 at midnight!
The Right Way of Death
You must watch this webinar individually (i.e. each registrant must follow the link in the confirmation registration email and log in).
04/22/2024
REMINDER: IFDA Medicaid Legislation Became Law July 1!
On Wednesday April 20, 2023, Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law IFDA-authored Senate Bill 373 which provides a statutory increase to the amount of outside contributions a funeral home and cemetery can accept when caring for a decedent who qualifies for Medicaid-approved funeral/burial assistance.
03/28/2024
Unclaimed Veterans' Remains
Did you know that through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Offices nationwide the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) can assist coroners, medical examiners, and funeral industry partners with the burial of unclaimed remains of Veterans?
03/12/2024
Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
Be sure to check with your local government offices and tourism bureaus for closures and notices!
02/02/2024
Credit Card Surcharge
Many of you have contacted our office regarding the legality of credit card transactions fees. Indiana does allow these charges.
02/02/2024
39 Funeral Homes Violate Rule on Upfront Pricing, Feds Say
Funeral homes are required to provide upfront pricing over the telephone.
12/20/2023
2024 ICCFA Music and Webcasting licensing is now available!
Open to any company in the cemetery and funeral service industry in the U.S
12/20/2023
Vatican offers further guidance on handling cremains
Replying to a concern about "problems arising from the increasing number of people desiring to cremate the bodies of the deceased and scatter their ashes in nature," the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has upheld a rule mandating that the ashes of the deceased be preserved in a consecrated place. However, it also said family members could request a small part of the ashes be kept in a sacred place of significance for the deceased person.
